scholastic
Pronunciation: /skəˈlæstɪk/
The English word “scholastic” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
adjective
- Of or relating to school; academic
- Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
- Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).
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